Charlotte Buff (11 January 1753, Wetzlar – 16 January 1828, Hanover) was a youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe, who fell in love with her. She rejected him and instead married Johann Christian Kestner, vice-archivist and privy councillor to the Hanoverian court. The character of Charlotte, in Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, is partly based on her.^[1][2] Their relationship was characterized by heartiness and lack of constraint.^{[clarification needed]} Goethe bought the wedding rings for her and Kestner, in Frankfurt am Main.^[2] Charlotte and Kestner had four daughters and eight sons, among them August Kestner.

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Charlotte Buff
Charlotte Buff-Kestner by Johann Heinrich Schröder [de]
Born	(1753-01-11)11 January 1753 Wetzlar
Died	16 January 1828(1828-01-16) (aged 75) Hanover

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In the 2010 German film Young Goethe in Love, the character of Charlotte Buff is portrayed by Miriam Stein.